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Re:In emergency cases a passenger was selected and thrown ou... by mikeash on Friday August 30, 2013 @10:40AM (#6301984)
That's more analogous to the strategy of pausing processes which require memory when there isn't any available, and then resuming them once memory becomes available. The airline still lets you complete your trip when they bump you from a flight, you just have to wait until capacity becomes available for you.

The problem with translating that approach to OSes is that you can easily deadlock the entire system.

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Re:In emergency cases a passenger was selected and thrown ou... by cbsmith on Friday August 30, 2013 @07:34PM (#6304823)
It depends on circumstance. For a lot of people, having their flight canceled and having to switch to another is all but catastrophic. You basically have to restart and build a new travel plan, and much of what you set out to accomplish gets lost.

So... a lot like killing a process.

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